Good tidings for short sea shipping

摘要

As I was listening to the radio in my car in bumper-to-bumper holiday traffic, my spirits were suddenly lifted. No, there wasn't some heart-warming holiday ditty playing on the radio. Rather, the newscaster reported that President Bush had signed into law the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. While it's not the stuff of a Frank Capra film, the new law does have some good tidings for short sea shipping advocates.